Việt Nam News

Vietnamese shares advanced on Friday despite efforts of foreign investment funds to offload local assets.

The fair, the second of its kind in the province, features nearly 400 pavilions run by businesses from northern provinces.

The monthly inward remittances by low-income earners average 10 times their recipients’ incomes, according to a new report by US payments company UniTeller.

He added that AFHC provides a personalized lifestyle design and that will generate positive impacts on their health, to eventually prevent, manage and reverse the threat of chronic illness.

The Party and State of Việt Nam treasure and want more comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia and its energy group Gazprom.

As the world modernises at a mindboggling pace, more and more companies are switching to blockchain technology. Cái Mép International Terminal (CMIT) says they are the first in their line of business to adopt blockchain to better serve its clients.

Though Việt Nam is the world’s largest producer of robusta coffee, the industry faces several challenges in the country which threaten its long-term development, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Ministry of Information and Communications is developing an ICT industry development programme, which is expected to be submitted to the Government for issuance within the first quarter of 2020.

Vietnamese shares moved up modestly on Thursday as some corporate news lifted market sentiment from overall caution ahead of the end of the year.

The private sector in Việt Nam should receive support to become a pillar of the local economy, said Nguyễn Thị Nga, chairwoman of BRG Group.

CEO Hàn Ngọc Vũ said VIB considers the implementation of all Basel II three pillars as one of the important tasks in the long-term for the bank's risk management.

Thailand’s Thai Beverage Public Co Ltd has denied it is seeking potential investors to buy its business in Việt Nam.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc asked the Ministry of Transport to speed up the revision of the draft decree about transportation service businesses and submit it to the Government for promulgation before December 30.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc will hold a meeting with businesses in Hà Nội on December 23.

The Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF) has approved US$1.5 million in funding to support the World Bank’s work with Việt Nam’s Government on the Solar Pilot Auction Programme.

More than 90 per cent of businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK) are satisfied with their investments in Việt Nam, according to a recent survey conducted by the Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA).

The volume of foreign direct investment (FDI) saw a year-on-year increase of 49 per cent to US$3 billion in the southern province of Bình Dương in the January-November period, according to the provincial People’s Committee.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Wednesday said Moody's Investors Service’s decision to confirm Việt Nam’s rating at Ba3 but change the outlook to negative was inapt, given it is grounded on an isolated incidence and does not adequately recognise the Vietnamese Government’s instituted policies and procedures to ensure smooth and timely debt repayment on government guaranteed borrowings.